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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meeting was planned to force Dad into submission?

2. What kind of expedition did Jin want to create?

3. What secret did Ji Li tell Lin Lin when she visited?

4. What was Ji Li asked to do for her father?

5. How did Ji Li know Lin Lin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ji Li get injured in the rice fields?

2. What happened to An Yi's mother at work?

3. What did Comrade Ma say when Ji Li asked to have her name changed?

4. What made Ji Li so nervous about presenting at the Class Education Exhibition?

5. What did Zhang Xin say when he first met Ji Li?

6. What did Ji Li hear her father say the night before Chinese New Year?

7. Why did Ji Li start staying home from school in Jr. High?

8. How did Ji Li cheer up Ji Yun when she was bullied?

9. What did Comrade Ma offer to do for Ji Li once she changed her name?

10. What did Ji Li hope to achieve at the Exhibition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Security and safety were two themes that were touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does this affect the people in these scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Death and mortality were two integral themes of this plot. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this theme affect the main characters?

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